Macen Boy
How popular is Macen?
#4,248 boy name in 2025
24 baby boys were named Macen in the US in 2025, making it the 4248th most popular boy name.
Macen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,248 for boys (▼ 1034 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 24 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,863 in 2015, #3,731 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (56 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,286 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1992 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Macen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Macen family of names ranked #2,725 for boys in 2025 (#2,554 the year before), with 33 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Macen | 24 | 73% |
| Maycen | 9 | 27% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Macen is most popular
Babies named Macen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Macen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Macen
Questions
- Is Macen a boy or girl name?
- Macen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Macen were boys.
- How popular is the name Macen?
- 24 baby boys were named Macen in the US in 2025, making it the 4248th most popular boy name.
- When was Macen most popular?
- Macen peaked in 2010, when 56 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,286 in 2010.
- How many people are named Macen?
- 969 babies have been named Macen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 959 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Macen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Macen was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.